Thursday, September 26, 2024

■ Today's Top News 


X Suspends Journalist Ken Klippenstein Over Publication of JD Vance Dossier

"The 'free speech absolutist' has once again silenced a journalist he didn't like," said one observer.

By Brett Wilkins



Helene's Catastrophic Potential Stokes Fear Amid Florida Insurance Crisis

Florida already has one of the nation's largest shares of homeowners "who don't have meaningful insurance."

By Jessica Corbett



Giuliani Permanently Disbarred in DC Over Effort to Overturn 2020 Election

"Imagine once being dubbed 'America's Mayor' and having an illustrious legal and political career, and throwing it all away for Donald Trump," said one observer.

By Brett Wilkins



New Report on Pandemic-Era Funding Shows 'Childcare Crisis Is a Policy Choice'

"Childcare is a public good and needs robust federal investment to maintain progress that was made with relief funds and to avoid further crisis," reads an analysis.

By Julia Conley



Progressives Sound Alarm as Harris Courts Crypto Industry

"Harris' promise to balance the industry's interests with those of consumers is an obvious contradiction," said the executive director of the Revolving Door Project. "Crypto is a haven for businesspeople with nefarious or criminal intent."

By Jake Johnson



25 Arrested Blocking Netanyahu's Motorcade to UN General Assembly

"Our world leaders have done nothing to stop Netanyahu and his genocidal administration," said one organizer. "We must be the ones to stop him."

By Brett Wilkins



Exclusive: Khanna Proposes End to 'Unconscionable' Taxpayer Subsidies for Big Oil

"The fossil fuel industry receives over $20.5 billion in taxpayer dollars every year while fleecing American consumers and driving a global climate crisis," said the California Democrat.

By Jessica Corbett


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■ Opinion


To Stop Israel’s Expanding War, Biden Must Heed a New Demand: Arms Embargo

Want a cease-fire to end or prevent humanitarian disaster? Stop providing the fire.

By Brian Garvey


No, Europe Does’t Need US LNG

Rather than channeling support into fossil giants like LNG export plants, we need a transatlantic strategy to get off fossil fuels.

By Lukas Hammer


Wake Up Democrats! Trump Is Eating Your Working-Class Lunch

Trump has promised to stick John Deere with a 200% tariff if it outsources U.S. jobs to Mexico; the Dems responded by getting a billionaire to call this “insanity.”

By Les Leopold


A Coup or Authoritarian State Capture? On Conceptualizing Trump's Project 2025 Program​

We don't need to call it a coup, but a sinister advance of authoritarianism in the United States it certainly would be.

By Earl Picard